Myles Baldwin

Myles Cameron Baldwin (born 6 October 1978) is an Australian horticulturalist, landscape designer, writer and curator of the Australian Garden Show Sydney.[1]

He was named as one of "Australia's top 100 young leaders" by The Australian in 2009,[2] and in 2010 was the Horticultural Ambassador for Macquarie Visions

Early life

Baldwin was born in Sydney and grew up in Sylvania. He was educated at Newington College (1991–1996).[3]

Career

Baldwin worked as an horticultural apprentice at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney where he received the Director's Award for Excellence and Achievement,[1] following which he assumed the role as head gardener at the heritage property Bronte House, a c1845 Mortimer Lewis cottage in the Sydney suburb of Bronte, New South Wales.

Baldwin is director of Myles Baldwin Design Pty Ltd, and has been responsible for designing the period gardens at Boomerang in Elizabeth Bay, the John Verge mansion Lyndhurst in Glebe, heritage-listed home Rona at Bellevue Hill, New South Wales and The Speakers Garden in Parliament House, Sydney,[4] as well as working with many of Australia's leading architects on contemporary properties throughout Australia.

Heritage-listed home Rona, the garden of which was redesigned by Myles Baldwin

Media presenter

Baldwin has appeared on the Today show and Brendan Moar's Gardening Show on Foxtel and was a presenter on Our Place TCN9 and has been the gardening columnist for Sydney's Sunday Herald.[1]

Publications

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Macquarie Visions Ambassadors Retrieved 27 January 2011
  2. ↑ What makes a leader Retrieved 27 January 2011
  3. ↑ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999)
  4. ↑ Collectors' Plant Fair Retrieved 27 January 2011
  5. ↑ NLA Catalogue Retrieved 27 January 2011

External links

http://www.mylesbaldwin.com/

http://australiangardenshowsydney.com.au/